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2021 Engagement Local Government 
Social Pinpoint
DECEMBER 8, 2024
In this case, predicting community engagement trends for 2025. Our role allows us to attend industry events and speak with current customers to learn more about community engagement. As we move into 2025, here are five community engagement trends that we think will make a huge impact for the next 12 months.
zencity
JANUARY 3, 2022
It’s a new year, which means our team is here to share the local government conferences we’re most excited for in 2022. But before we do so, we want to quickly look back and reflect on 2021. Here are our top picks for those looking to make the most of the best 2022 local government conferences to attend.
zencity
DECEMBER 7, 2021
We are incredibly excited by what Tim, Andrew, Shasa and the Civil Space team have created, and thrilled to be adding the ability for cutting-edge, two-way, open engagement between governments and their residents to our leading suite of community engagement capabilities. The Importance of Community Engagement.
Community and Economic Development Program of UNC
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018).
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GovPilot
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
of households in the United States faced food insecurity in 2021 alone. The pandemic opened many people’s eyes to the challenges communities face in securing high-quality food. As many as 10.2%
Center for Community Progress
DECEMBER 12, 2023
The State of Land Banking survey, first conducted in 2021, serves as an opportunity for the land banking field to tell its story with comprehensive data. As was reported in 2021, residents and local institutions are still the most frequent recipients of land bank properties.
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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC
MARCH 31, 2023
(behind Florida & Texas) – largely due to international migration rebounding a couple years after COVID shut it down in 2020-2021. link] Other CED Items: NYT reports on how local governments are reconsidering parking requirements; there are currently 7 spaces available for every car in the U.S.
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iGrantWriters
JULY 26, 2021
s multi-phase effort to respond to the coronavirus pandemic as directed by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Submission by October 31, 2021 is not a guarantee of funding. Deadline to Apply October 31, 2021 Description The ARPA Statewide Planning, Research, and Networks NOFO is part of EDAâ??s
The City Fix
JULY 28, 2022
In 2021, China updated its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), outlining ambitious. Abating China’s transport sector greenhouse gas emissions, which accounted for about 11% of the world’s transport emissions in 2018, is key to meeting both national and global climate goals.
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iGrantWriters
JULY 26, 2021
Deadline to Apply October 19, 2021 EDA anticipates that the cost of individual non-construction and construction component projects within regional growth clusters will range from approximately $750,000 to $25,000,000, or more if the cluster or project warrants it.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Photograph: David Rowe/Alamy Under Conservative control of the UK from 2010-2024, local governments were severely crushed by actions of the central government, austerity and other cuts, and further mandates meant that local governments faced up to a 2/3 drop in revenues.
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zencity
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Although not always mandatory, Zencity’s experience working with local government organizations across the U.S. Local governments are increasingly working to expand their recycling programs, promote resident engagement and knowledge, and innovate to combat climate change. Their “Is it recyclable?
AccessE11
JANUARY 20, 2023
This has helped cement AccessE11 as a trusted and powerful issue management and citizen engagement solution for municipalities across North America. Continuing Growth Year Over Year AccessE11 has seen continued growth throughout the year, with a 32% increase in municipal customers over 2021.
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Decisions That Matter
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Together, her team discovers new ways to solve user problems, builds innovative solutions, and develops creative strategies to drive engagement with the government and supplier communities served by Procurated. Jenny has a broad breadth of public procurement experience in both state government and higher education.
Social Pinpoint
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Learn how you can also create positive project outcomes with your online community engagement platform of choice. This new service was slated to launch in fall 2021 – just a few months later. DCTA needed a flexible suite of community engagement tools to carry this off in a short amount of time.
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
JANUARY 13, 2022
2021 ; Gubits et al. More specifically, people leaving incarceration often are not adequately served by short-term planning, and instead would benefit from longer-term housing outreach and engagement ( Remster, 2021 ). 2019 ; Collinson and Reed, 2017 ). Another key upstream strategy involves effective discharge planning.
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AWS Public Sector Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2022
The CIC workshop provided clarity on Bellevue’s local road safety needs and how to best align its projects with national investment priorities. In 2021, more than 42,000 people died in roadway crashes in the US. Safe s treets and r oads for a ll. A follow-up workshop at Bellevue City Hall built upon progress from the roundtable.
GovLoop
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
You may not receive riches and recognition – but you do the esteemed work of providing essential services to the public, whether you’re a frontline agent at the Social Security Administration or an IT jack-of-all-trades in a local government. Q: How do you keep employees engaged in remote and hybrid work environments?
GovLoop
JANUARY 8, 2024
In 2021, it received the Harvard Project on Indigenous Governance and Development’s Honoring Nations award , which celebrates outstanding examples of tribes that help expand the capacities of Native nations. This article appeared in our guide, “ State and Local: Making an Impact.”
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Decisions That Matter
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Together, her team discovers new ways to solve user problems, builds innovative solutions, and develops creative strategies to drive engagement with the government and supplier communities served by Procurated. Jenny has a broad breadth of public procurement experience in both state government and higher education.
Death and Taxes
JULY 21, 2021
It is no surprise that Florida city managers placed the forecasts for the pandemic’s impact on local revenues as the top priority, as local governments are revenue-driven entities. The tradeoff between revenue growth and stability has always been a concern for local governments. Authors’ Bios.
AWS Public Sector Blog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provided the USDA with $390 million available in non-competitive grants to offer WIC agencies looking to innovate their technology. Section 1: The User Interface Layer is the part of the solution that end users engage with. This technology is aging across the U.S.,
Government Technology Insider
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Chamber of Commerce Technology Engagement Center (C_TEC), in 2021 constituents spent 10.5 For example, in 2021 it took the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) more than eight months to process paper tax returns, whereas those filed electronically took mere days to process. According to a recent report published by the U.S.
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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
In a May 2022 post , Tyler outlined many of the ways in which North Carolina’s local governments can aid the development of privately owned affordable housing. 2] In these cases, a local government is both an “issuer” (i.e., Therefore, a state or local governmental entity (e.g., 26 U.S.C. §
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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JANUARY 19, 2024
Civic Engagement & Democracy at the foundation = citizen at the center I also used that model when creating the Western Baltimore County Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Plan back in 2010 (" Best practice bicycle planning for suburban settings using the "action planning" method "). Design Method rather than Rational Planning 2.
Google Public Sector
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
This formative experience drove his passion to work toward solutions for poor and water-starved countries globally, and in December 2021, Kevin was recruited to join the Google Cloud Government Affairs and Public Policy team, supporting the development of our relationships with the Department of Defense.
AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 27, 2023
In addition, Sreeji recommends gaining an independent point of view, like engaging a third-party auditor early in the planning process. During 2021 through 2022 they migrated the Integrated Eligibility system, called Gateway, document imaging system (DIS), and the Child Welfare System (SHINES).
AWS Public Sector Blog
AUGUST 6, 2024
In order to meet tight timelines, North Carolina decided to use a direct Enterprise Agreement (EA) with AWS to accelerate innovation, gain greater control of their projects, and engage with AWS for a more seamless and results-driven collaboration.
Center for Community Progress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
The City of Raton passed a Vacant Building Registration Ordinance (VBRO) in 2021 and began using a case management software to track code enforcement data. However, there is no such local process for municipal lien enforcement in place. Contact us at technicalassistance@communityprogress.org to learn more!
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GovLoop
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
In 2021, after 10 years of entrepreneurship, she joined Granicus as the Strategic Lead for CX and Innovation. She is driven by a vision of a better connected, empathetic, modern, and trustworthy government service delivery for people all around the world. Prior work supported governments and community organizations in Rhode Island.
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Center for Community Progress
OCTOBER 12, 2023
If your community plans to engage in activities under the expanded CDBG-eligible use category, work closely with your local CDBG compliance officer. 6 The CDBG program is complex and there are many additional requirements that communities must adhere to if they pursue these activities under the CDBG-eligible use category.
Government Technology Insider
DECEMBER 9, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly accelerated digital transformation efforts for state and local governments, helping them to capitalize on long-held plans to improve citizen access to government programs and information through technology. This article was originally published on GovDevSecOps Hub on November 15, 2021.
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AWS Public Sector Blog
AUGUST 31, 2023
In 2021, US President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that created the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP). to states, local government, and territories to aid them in building and strengthening their cyber posture. This funding opportunity allocates $374.9M
Bang the Table
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
In November 2021, the United States House of Representatives and Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal of new federal investment in America’s infrastructure. Local governments applying for funds will need to consider that new programs and projects will require more staff.
AWS Public Sector Blog
DECEMBER 2, 2022
AWS ProServe Ready now available in Australia , Japan, New Zealand, and Singapore for public sector customer engagements. AWS ProServe Ready prepares AWS Partners to work seamlessly with AWS ProServe on subcontract engagements in the public sector. State or Local Government Partner of the Year: ai.
GovLoop
MARCH 15, 2024
In the past three years, the federal government has increased its efforts to advance cybersecurity technology and strategy. The Biden administration laid out its agenda in the May 2021 Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (EO), then offered a more sweeping vision in the March 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy.
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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
APRIL 3, 2023
However, this can be hard to discern at times due to inflation and property values benefitting from continuing expenditures to maintain them, and especially during strongly price-appreciating markets (such as the pandemic-distorted years of 2020 and 2021); nevertheless, it is true over the long-term. percent per year. ” [link].
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First State Insights
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Betsey Suchanic, Senior Program Manager with the Urban Libraries Council, speaks with Troy Mix, Associate Director of the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about local libraries' critical community economic development roles.
Microsoft Public Sector
MAY 22, 2023
There’s a lot of innovative products accelerating interest in Microsoft 365, and we continue our commitment to deliver the new product value, services, and features to our US Government cloud environments (GCC, GCC High, and DOD). The following features will be rolling out: The compose box and recent posts will appear at the top of the page.
AWS Public Sector Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2022
To Jace Ward, who passed away in 2021 from DIPG, this urgency was important to convey. Now available: New AWS program supporting nonprofit donor and member engagement. World Health Day 2022: Leveraging the cloud to build a healthier tomorrow. UC Davis Health and AWS announce first Cloud Innovation Center at an academic medical center.
AWS Public Sector Blog
AUGUST 9, 2022
During the keynote, Kim Majerus, vice president of US state and local government and education at AWS, and customer guest speakers shared with attendees how innovators in education, state, and local leadership use AWS to help deliver for their communities, expand digital equity, accelerate workforce development, and more.
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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
AUGUST 21, 2022
Similarly, water systems owned by local governments are being privatized because they can't keep up with the cost of modernization and new and more stringent environmental regulation. The solution is to have a huge federal infrastructure bank to loan local governments money to deal with infrastructure costs.
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Social Pinpoint
MAY 28, 2023
From community engagement, community consultation, public participation, public involvement, civic engagement, public engagement, and citizen participation – it’s a varied mix. In an ideal world, “engagement”, “participation”, and “involvement”, would mean the exact same thing and could be easily interchanged.
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